Webinar

As part of its Consumers for Quality Care, No Matter Where Initiative, Consumer Voice will conduct four free advocacy skills training webinars throughout the year. This webinar is the second advocacy skills training in the series. Long-term care consumers, family members, individual advocates, long-term care ombudsmen, members of consumer advocacy groups, family/caregiving groups, consumer alliances, and community and senior organizations are all welcome to join.

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This program will relate the latest brain science to the process of developing inexpensive, community based programs that promote brain-friendly choices and opportunities for seniors and caregivers.

Roger Anunsen and Michael Patterson, co-founders of MindRamp.org, a non-profit based in Portland and Los Angeles, will be the presenters. Roger is an instructor in the Gerontology department, Portland Community College.

Part I, Understanding the Building Blocks, is scheduled to take place on April 9.

This program will cover fundamentals about the aging brain, recapping the latest brain science research. Risk factors and self-care opportunities will be identified and discussed.

Roger Anunsen and Michael Patterson, co-founders of MindRamp.org, a non-profit based in Portland OR and Los Angeles, will be the presenters. Roger is an instructor in the Gerontology department, Portland Community College.

Part II of the webinar, Strong Brains, Sharp Minds: Offering Practical, Low-Cost Brain Health Programs in your Community, will take place on May 7.

Presenters will explain ABLE Act core componenets and the status of implementation at the federal and state level. Time will be reserved to answer public questions concerning the ABLE Act. Real time captioning will be provided for this webinar.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new regulations in January 2014 governing home and community-based services (HCBS) provided through state Medicaid programs. To assist states in complying with the requirements of the HCBS final rule as it relates to non-residential settings, CMS recently released a toolkit with a number of factsheets and resources.

This webinar is Part 5 of the Positioning Your Program in the Healthcare Market webinar series. The webinar will build on the overview established in preceding webinars, discuss the opportunities to contract with healthcare partners and outline ways you can assess your organizations strengths and weaknesses before entering into collaborations with partner organizations.

The focus of this National Medicare Education Program (NMEP) meeting is to enlist national and local organizations to support outreach and education around the Medicare program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded the focus of these meetings to reflect additional CMS programs such as the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Many national and local organizations that work on behalf of the aged, disabled, the uninsured, children, and families are involved in this public-private partnership.

State Coverage Initiatives, in coordination with the State Health Reform Assistance Network, is hosting a webinar to explore the considerations for 2016 premium rate development, filing, and review based on a compilation of CMS regulations and guidance as well as insights from actuaries with Wakely Consulting Group.

This webinar will feature key findings from The Commonwealth Fund's 2014 International Health Policy Survey. The survey compared the views and experiences of people 65 and older on issues of health and health care use, health care costs and access, care coordination, end-of-life planning, and more. The survey was conducted in 11 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Designed to empower individuals with disabilities, this interactive web event will explain how translating emotional events into words can positively impact physical and mental health, relationships, and even financial well-being. Experts from the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), WomenHeath, the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, and the United Spinal Association will discuss the significance of personal stories and the role they serve in healing, advocating, and connecting individuals with disabilities.